diff --git a/classes/cpan_build.bbclass b/classes/cpan_build.bbclass
index 37f430d..070e061 100644
--- a/classes/cpan_build.bbclass
+++ b/classes/cpan_build.bbclass
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cpan_build_do_configure () {
 		# build for target
 		. ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/perl/config.sh
 		perl Build.PL --installdirs vendor \
-		        --config cc="${CC}" --config ld="${CCLD}" \
+		        --config cc="${CC} ${LDFLAGS}" --config ld="${CCLD} ${LDFLAGS}" \
 			--destdir ${D} \
 			--install_path lib="${datadir}/perl5" \
 			--install_path arch="${libdir}/perl5" \